Bug 1479218 (CVE-2017-7800)

Summary:	CVE-2017-7800 Mozilla: Use-after-free in WebSockets during disconnection (MFSA 2017-19)
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Doran Moppert <dmoppert>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	cschalle, gecko-bugs-nobody, jhorak, security-response-team, stransky
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Description Doran Moppert 2017-08-08 06:51:01 UTC

A use-after-free vulnerability in WebSockets when the object holding the connection is freed before the disconnection operation is finished. This results in an exploitable crash.


External Reference:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-19/#CVE-2017-7800


Acknowledgements:

Name: the Mozilla project
Upstream: Looben Yang

Comment 1 errata-xmlrpc 2017-08-10 23:21:28 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2017:2456 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2456

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2017-08-24 06:46:42 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2017:2534 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2534